Revolution by Deborah Wiles
Book Club for Kids

Revolution by Deborah Wiles

A2ElementaryMay 27, 202617 min

We take a trip to Mississippi in the summer of 1964 - Freedom Summer. The second in writer Deborah Wiles' 1960's trilogy. "Revolution" is discussed by a trio of George Washington Middle Schoolers at the neighborhood bookstore Hooray for Books! in Alexandria, Virginia. Wiles talks about writing fiction from the facts of history. News Anchor Mark Austin Thomas is celebrity reader.

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Hi, I'm Kitty Feldy. It was a time, not so very long ago, when African Americans couldn't vote, couldn't even swim in the same swimming pool as white folks.

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Who says that's just be for white folks? Don't everybody need a pool? Oh, ma'am, see, that's just the way it is. And I want to know why.

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